help with make needed

[Svante Lindahl]

In article <459 at front.se>,I wrote:
[ The target, a library, should be removed and rebuilt if the makefile
  has been updated. ]

> Makefile:	FRC
> 		- at if newer Makefile $(TARGET) ; then rm -f $(TARGET); fi
...

I got some good suggestions from Rich $alz on how to avoid the need
for the newer(1L) program. This is what it looks like:

Makefile:	FRC
	- at if echo "Makefile: $(TARGET) ; @/bin/false" | make -qf - ; \
	then rm -f $(TARGET) ; fi

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